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cover background art: Pinnated Grouse by John James Audubon
The World of Beretta AN INTERNATIONAL LEGEND
The oldest industrial firm and the oldest gunmaker in the world, Fabbrica d'Armi Pietro Beretta, S.p.A., launches its 475th anniversary with the publication of this lavish history and celebration of a unique world of fine guns. Beretta remains under the stewardship of its founding family, headed now by Ugo Gussalli Beretta and his sons, Pietro and Franco. Today the Beretta line of firearms and accessories reigns as one of the few international brands symbolic of unsurpassed quality. And no other firm goes back so far in history, or reaches so many corners of the globe as Beretta. The Beretta line is the firearms enthusiast's dream: self-loading pistols, rifles, and shotguns; bolt-action rifles; double-barrel over-and-under and side-by-side sporting rifles and shotguns, single-barrel trap guns; and from these a refined line of premium grade guns unsurpassed by any gunmaker in the world. All are created with the perfect melding of the most advanced, space-age, computer-generated production machinery in concert with traditional hand-craftsmanship in the ancient gunmaking village of Gardone, Val Trompia. In 1985 Beretta's classic Model 92 pistol was adopted as the M9, the official U.S. Armed Forces sidearm, following extensive competition with the designs of other companies: sessions that subjected the pistol to the most rigorous tests. The Model 92 is the most widely used self-loading pistol by law enforcement and the military in the world today. Beretta shooters dominate national, international and Olympic shotgun competitions, and are a commanding factor in the rapidly developing world of sporting clays. 358 pages; 10 7/8" x 8 3/4" 225 color and 160 black-and-white photographs, posters, paintings and engravings. $40.00 |
